Is truth a relation or is truth absolute?

Posted on June 15, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of Trent, Christology, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, Gregory XVI, John Paul II.

‘The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is’. With these words Churchill well expressed the consistency and resilience of truth, so often unappreciated in our days, where unabashed cynical relativism, subjectivism and changing values have so often deviated humanity from He who is the Way, Truth and Life. Our confused generation questions just as Pilate did: ‘What is truth?’ (Jn 18:38). Is it a sign of the times that the Successor of Peter doesn’t wish to speak of an absolute truth? ..Read more…

Shouldn’t youth be taught the truth about marriage?

Posted on June 14, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Family, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Moral, Pius IX, Pius X, Vatican Council II.

It’s no novelty that the enemies of the Holy Church try to manipulate the words of the ecclesiastical hierarchy in favor of their own illegitimate interests.Continue Reading

Is there a Catholic God?

Posted on June 13, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, God, Vatican Council II.

‘We all adore the same God’… This type of expression, of significant theological imprecision, is often to be heard when of people from different religions engage in careless ecumenical chatter.Continue Reading

Is conscience totally free? Can one do evil so that good may result from it?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged John Paul II, Liberty of Conscience, Moral, Paul VI, Saint Augustine, Vatican Council II.

Even the soul of the most perverse man holds an inextinguishable spark reminding him at each moment of his obligation to do good and avoid evil. Consequently, no one is able to do wrong without having first justified himself before his conscience.Continue Reading

The Holy Eucharist: factor of unity with heretics?

Posted on June 11, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church, John Paul II, Leo XIII, Moral, Piety, Pius IX, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Few things are so moving as a group of children making their First Communion. It brings back vivid memories of our own childhood innocence…Continue Reading

Is God present in a sinner’s life? Yes, but how?

Posted on June 10, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Dogma, Grace, John Paul II, Thomas Aquinas.

Saint Paul teaches that anguish, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or the sword are not sufficient to separate us from God (cf. Rom 8:35). However, could we say the same of vices, drugs or any other thing without making any distinctions? Do these not eradicate the presence of God from our interior?Continue Reading

Is Ecumenism the harmony of all Christian Faiths?

Posted on June 9, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ecumenism, John Paul II, Pius IX.

Ever since the early Greeks, the sphere has been considered the perfect shape par excellence. This philosophical consideration served as a basis amongst the Scholastics for interesting theological constructions regarding the concept of God and the Church.Continue Reading

Is conscience the last word on what is good and evil?

Posted on June 6, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, John Paul II, Moral, Paul VI, Pius IX, Sin, Vatican Council II.

‘Conscience, conscience! Divine instinct, immortal and celestial voice, sure guide of a being that is ignorant and limited, but intelligent and free; infallible judge of good and evil that makes man like unto God;’ Just as Jean-Jacques Rousseau did 250 years ago, Pope Francis and the atheistic, socialist journalist Eugenio Scalfari — in a prolific and widely publicised exchange of ideas — put particular focus on the riveting theme of the morality of human conduct. Read on…

Everything must be cut and dry… No! We have to open up new areas

Posted on June 4, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dogma, Pius IX, Pius XII.

On a certain occasion, Saint Thomas Aquinas revealed one of the secrets that permit us to better understand the integrity and brilliance of his intellectual work. He basically explained that he never advanced in the development of a thought or in the search for an answer without being absolutely sure that the steps he had previously taken were founded upon unquestionable truths.Continue Reading

The self-denominated ‘Archbishop of Uppsala, dear sister’: How far will ecumenical dialogue go?

Posted on June 3, 2015 by EN - Denzinger Bergoglio in Uncategorized and tagged Benedict XVI, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ecumenism, John Paul II, Pius XI, Protestantism, Vatican Council II.

‘There will be one flock, one shepherd’ (Jn 10:16)…This was Christ’s desire in leaving the mandate for the Apostles to ‘proclaim the gospel to every creature’ (Mk 16:15). Continue Reading

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